Provider Poll 2017 - The Winners

hawc

Hi all,

Here are the results for the 2017 Provider Of The Year. Thank you to everyone who voted, and congratulations to the hosts who won. Prizes will come later this afternoon.

In 1st place... with 75 votes: @Francisco and BuyVM

Second place.. with 66 votes: Inception Hosting @AnthonySmith

Third place.. with 62 votes: @Virmach

Here are the rest of the votes:

BuyVM 75
Inception Hosting 66
Virmach 62
OVH 40
RamNode 32
Clouvider 24
Hetzner 24
HostHatch 21 Vultr 20
VMHaus 20
HostUS 19
DigitalOcean 19
NetCup 15
LiteServer 14
ImpactVPS/SubnetLabs 14
WisHosting 14
SpeedyKVM 13
GestionDBI 10
BunnyCDN 9
online.net 9
CrownCloud 8
UltraVPS.eu/.de 8
SecureDragon 7
HostSolutions 7
Prometeus 6
Linode 6
Aruba 6
LeaseWeb 5
MXRoute 5
AlphaVPS 4
Gullo's Hosting 4
Vpsrus 4
MyCustomHosting 4
BudgetNode 4
SSDNodes 4
mrVM 3
Cloudcone 3
Alpharacks 3
VPSDime 3
drServer 3
Dediserve 3
SpartanHost 3
Veesp 3

full list of votes here

The winner of the "Best Newcomer Of The Year" was:

1st Place: @VMHaus

2nd Place: @trewq and FlowVPS

3rd Place: @Cam and Gulllo's Hosting

Congratulations you three :)

Tom

Congrats all

AnthonySmith

Thanks for the votes, it is humbling to be in second place only behind one of the giants of the LEB world, take a bow @Francisco constantly innovating and making forward progress!

Very much appreciated, congratulations to everyone else. and this poll was incredibly well run this time around, thanks @hawc

maldovia

obviously rigged

robohost

Congrats for all the winner and thank you for your great services

ehab

LET should have somesort of bage that states Year - Place - Top Provider , awarded to ...

FennecFox

@maldovia said: obviously rigged

SCAM

nullnothere

Congrats to one and all and a special thanks to @hawc and @Tom (and others who may be behind the scenes) for running the show. Thank you all for the LET offers and making it a fun place to hang out (and learn and see hours disappear with seemingly nothing to show for it.).

Shazan

Congratulations to @Francisco, @AnthonySmith and Virmach!

vimalware

Also, a big Thank you to the staff, for taking the time to do this right.

kassle

congrats BuyVM ( @Francisco ) as MVP and @VMHaus as best rookie

hawc

Time for the prize allocation, there was a bumper haul this year:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xMxRHhy-q8l9ZzuEXQu0UVuXqw02UMZsXFgrLRT8t8I/edit?usp=sharing

@bugis @Xei @seenu @davidgestiondbi @ivanh @Tiki @clarity_64 @souen @ElliotJ @easy @bitseeker @shell @carcosa @Ndha @somewhatwindy @M_Ordinateur @khalequzzaman17 @MasonR @singhigh @Neoon @vimalware @Falzo @scorcher9 @Nekki @cez @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @sanvit @greattomeetyou @adxn @boernd @greatly @Vita @PieNotEvenEaten @mikewazar @volver @mosan7763 @Shamli @jezznar @ariq01 @aboanas93 @daffy @Sixell @cloud @proxima @RickBakkr @adamluk @ramonwap @jholycloud @seanho @bersy @Bitmap @ez2uk @nullnothere @emporer @NodePing @Oseri @qtwrk @erkin @quick

Tom

Congrats all again ;-)

Neoon

@hawc OH no, please no OVZ after these security issues, its even GestionDBI who nearly terminated my account because of smokeping.

Give it to someone else.

vmhaus

@Xei @davidgestiondbi @shell @scorcher9 @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @mosan7763 @Shamli @quick

Please sign up at https://bonsai.vmhaus.com and PM me your email address and preferred location. First come first served for the location choice!

beagle

@nullnothere said: Congrats to one and all and a special thanks to @hawc and @Tom (and others who may be behind the scenes) for running the show. Thank you all for the LET offers and making it a fun place to hang out (and learn and see hours disappear with seemingly nothing to show for it.).

I couldn't say it any better. Specially:

making it a fun place to hang out (and learn and see hours disappear with seemingly nothing to show for it.).

Thank you @hawc, @Tom and the LET community.

hawc

@Neoon said: @hawc OH no, please no OVZ after these security issues, its even GestionDBI who nearly terminated my account because of somkeping.

Give it to someone else.

@Hostlovin - you've won this one

andiklive

congrats to all providers

daozhi

Congrats to all winners! And @vmhaus，is LA already available？

Tom

daozhi said: is LA already available？

No because Basil broke it all.

Basil

@daozhi said: Congrats to all winners! And @vmhaus，is LA already available？

We're working on it, should be up later today / Early tomorrow at latest.

davidgestiondbi

@vmhaus said: @Xei @davidgestiondbi @shell @scorcher9 @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @mosan7763 @Shamli @quick

Please sign up at https://bonsai.vmhaus.com and PM me your email address and preferred location. First come first served for the location choice!

I give mine to @neoon. So he can stop to bother about OVZ security.

---

@bugis, @easy, @Hostlovin, @vimalware, @ariq01, @daffy, @RickBakkr, @adamluk, @jholycloud, @nullnothere

To claim your prize, you must register an account if you are not an existing customer: https://clients.gestiondbi.com/index.php?/signup/

Once done, PM me your Customer ID or Email address and I will deliver your prize.

Keep note, you must have valid customer details since we will still do a fraud check.

Congratz to all!

JoeMerit

for Inceptionhosting's 66 votes, what was the vote breakdown between people voting for services they have with LowEndSpirit vs Inceptionhosting ?

jholycloud

Wait, what ? I win ? Wow, I don't even know what the prize is ^^

Shamli

Congrats to the winners, especially buyvm n ramnode.

hawc

@camarg you just won an SSD512 from @Virmach- (@ElliotJ handed his back)

AnthonySmith

JoeMerit said: for Inceptionhosting's 66 votes, what was the vote breakdown between people voting for services they have with LowEndSpirit vs Inceptionhosting ?

No one specified this time, usually, people do specify so I assume it was a majority Inception hosting following the BF/CM deals.

Falzo

thanks @hawc and @Tom for doing this (and all other who might have been involved ofc) - also big thanks to the providers contributing prices.
now this finally forces me to sign up with hetrixtools haha, can't see anything bad in this. perfect prize pick, thanks a lot!

Nekki

@hawc, my prize can be re-drawn, I’m sure other folks will make better use of it than I.

hawc

@Nekki said: @hawc, my prize can be re-drawn, I’m sure other folks will make better use of it than I.

@mexyul - you just won an SSD512 from @VirMach

nullnothere

@hawc, please redraw my prize too as I'm unlikely to use it and someone else can put it to better use.

Thanks to @davidgestiondbi for the prize and just tagging you to notify you that there'll be a new winner.

hawc

@nullnothere said: @hawc, please redraw my prize too as I'm unlikely to use it and someone else can put it to better use.

Thanks to @davidgestiondbi for the prize and just tagging you to notify you that there'll be a new winner.

@Rob92 - youve won this

caracal

TOP PROVIDER OFFER DEALS NOW WE DESERVE THIS WE WANT THIS WE NEED THIS

Congrats to all winners providers and users

vovler

@hawc said: Time for the prize allocation, there was a bumper haul this year:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xMxRHhy-q8l9ZzuEXQu0UVuXqw02UMZsXFgrLRT8t8I/edit?usp=sharing

@bugis @Xei @seenu @davidgestiondbi @ivanh @Tiki @clarity_64 @souen @ElliotJ @easy @bitseeker @shell @carcosa @Ndha @somewhatwindy @M_Ordinateur @khalequzzaman17 @MasonR @singhigh @Neoon @vimalware @Falzo @scorcher9 @Nekki @cez @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @sanvit @greattomeetyou @adxn @boernd @greatly @Vita @PieNotEvenEaten @mikewazar @volver @mosan7763 @Shamli @jezznar @ariq01 @aboanas93 @daffy @Sixell @cloud @proxima @RickBakkr @adamluk @ramonwap @jholycloud @seanho @bersy @Bitmap @ez2uk @nullnothere @emporer @NodePing @Oseri @qtwrk @erkin @quick

Type my nick correctly god dammit, its @vovler not @volver. Every fkin time, in every fkin forum. I need to change the nick to something easier...

JoeMerit

vovler said: Type my nick correctly god dammit, its @vovler not @volver. Every fkin time, in every fkin forum. I need to change the nick to something easier...

How about volver ?

Nekki

@vovler said:

@hawc said: Time for the prize allocation, there was a bumper haul this year:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xMxRHhy-q8l9ZzuEXQu0UVuXqw02UMZsXFgrLRT8t8I/edit?usp=sharing

@bugis @Xei @seenu @davidgestiondbi @ivanh @Tiki @clarity_64 @souen @ElliotJ @easy @bitseeker @shell @carcosa @Ndha @somewhatwindy @M_Ordinateur @khalequzzaman17 @MasonR @singhigh @Neoon @vimalware @Falzo @scorcher9 @Nekki @cez @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @sanvit @greattomeetyou @adxn @boernd @greatly @Vita @PieNotEvenEaten @mikewazar @volver @mosan7763 @Shamli @jezznar @ariq01 @aboanas93 @daffy @Sixell @cloud @proxima @RickBakkr @adamluk @ramonwap @jholycloud @seanho @bersy @Bitmap @ez2uk @nullnothere @emporer @NodePing @Oseri @qtwrk @erkin @quick

Type my nick correctly god dammit, its @vovler not @volver. Every fkin time, in every fkin forum. I need to change the nick to something easier...

I’d go with @volver.

jholycloud

@vovler said:

@hawc said: Time for the prize allocation, there was a bumper haul this year:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xMxRHhy-q8l9ZzuEXQu0UVuXqw02UMZsXFgrLRT8t8I/edit?usp=sharing

@bugis @Xei @seenu @davidgestiondbi @ivanh @Tiki @clarity_64 @souen @ElliotJ @easy @bitseeker @shell @carcosa @Ndha @somewhatwindy @M_Ordinateur @khalequzzaman17 @MasonR @singhigh @Neoon @vimalware @Falzo @scorcher9 @Nekki @cez @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @sanvit @greattomeetyou @adxn @boernd @greatly @Vita @PieNotEvenEaten @mikewazar @volver @mosan7763 @Shamli @jezznar @ariq01 @aboanas93 @daffy @Sixell @cloud @proxima @RickBakkr @adamluk @ramonwap @jholycloud @seanho @bersy @Bitmap @ez2uk @nullnothere @emporer @NodePing @Oseri @qtwrk @erkin @quick

Type my nick correctly god dammit, its @vovler not @volver. Every fkin time, in every fkin forum. I need to change the nick to something easier...

How about create a nickname poll ?

daozhi

Any winner willing to transfer VMhuas prize to me？I can paypal you, like 10 dollars or 12 BF price. Forgive me if not appropriate to post like this...

vovler

@jholycloud said:

@vovler said:

@hawc said: Time for the prize allocation, there was a bumper haul this year:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xMxRHhy-q8l9ZzuEXQu0UVuXqw02UMZsXFgrLRT8t8I/edit?usp=sharing

@bugis @Xei @seenu @davidgestiondbi @ivanh @Tiki @clarity_64 @souen @ElliotJ @easy @bitseeker @shell @carcosa @Ndha @somewhatwindy @M_Ordinateur @khalequzzaman17 @MasonR @singhigh @Neoon @vimalware @Falzo @scorcher9 @Nekki @cez @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @sanvit @greattomeetyou @adxn @boernd @greatly @Vita @PieNotEvenEaten @mikewazar @volver @mosan7763 @Shamli @jezznar @ariq01 @aboanas93 @daffy @Sixell @cloud @proxima @RickBakkr @adamluk @ramonwap @jholycloud @seanho @bersy @Bitmap @ez2uk @nullnothere @emporer @NodePing @Oseri @qtwrk @erkin @quick

Type my nick correctly god dammit, its @vovler not @volver. Every fkin time, in every fkin forum. I need to change the nick to something easier...

How about create a nickname poll ?

Yes! Please

jezznar

Yay! I just came back from the holidays and I've won myself a proze :D how do I get it? @VirMach Thanks!

mikewazar

Oh wow!

Thanks everyone :-)

MasonR

Thanks for putting the time in to make this possible, @hawc. Well done!

And of course congrats to the winners - all are pillars of our little community and explemplars of what LE* hosts can and should aspire to. Thank you, @Francisco, @AnthonySmith, @VirMach, and @vmhaus!

aboanas93

@hawc said: Time for the prize allocation, there was a bumper haul this year:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xMxRHhy-q8l9ZzuEXQu0UVuXqw02UMZsXFgrLRT8t8I/edit?usp=sharing

@bugis @Xei @seenu @davidgestiondbi @ivanh @Tiki @clarity_64 @souen @ElliotJ @easy @bitseeker @shell @carcosa @Ndha @somewhatwindy @M_Ordinateur @khalequzzaman17 @MasonR @singhigh @Neoon @vimalware @Falzo @scorcher9 @Nekki @cez @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @sanvit @greattomeetyou @adxn @boernd @greatly @Vita @PieNotEvenEaten @mikewazar @volver @mosan7763 @Shamli @jezznar @ariq01 @aboanas93 @daffy @Sixell @cloud @proxima @RickBakkr @adamluk @ramonwap @jholycloud @seanho @bersy @Bitmap @ez2uk @nullnothere @emporer @NodePing @Oseri @qtwrk @erkin @quick

I'm glad it's an account credit.

vimalware

Congrats @masonr @seenu @falzo.

I guess I'll try out a 4th Amsterdam network(NFORCE) in my ovz-vpn pool considering how often latency to Eu changes on my 3G ISP. (That's quite a selection of locations now @davidgestiondbi ; well done! )

quick

@vmhaus said: @Xei @davidgestiondbi @shell @scorcher9 @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @mosan7763 @Shamli @quick

Please sign up at https://bonsai.vmhaus.com and PM me your email address and preferred location. First come first served for the location choice!

Thanks, you can give mine to another one

mexyul

@Nekki said: @hawc, my prize can be re-drawn, I’m sure other folks will make better use of it than I.

Thanks, sure it will good for me. @VirMach can i choose LA ?

hawc

@quick said:

@vmhaus said: @Xei @davidgestiondbi @shell @scorcher9 @simlev @ddhhz @Shot2 @mosan7763 @Shamli @quick

Please sign up at https://bonsai.vmhaus.com and PM me your email address and preferred location. First come first served for the location choice!

Thanks, you can give mine to another one

Ok - @angstrom has won that one

HBAndrei

Congratulations to the winners, both the providers and the voters alike!

---

@M_Ordinateur @Falzo @vovler @Oseri @qtwrk
To claim your HetrixTools account credit:
- register for a free account (if you don't already have one)
- send me a PM with your account's Public Key, found here https://hetrix.tools/public-key

And that's about it.

FlamesRunner

Congratulations to the winners :)

What was particularly surprising is that OVH was in 4th place :/

WSS

SCAM!

Congrats to the winners- good to see you with a Top Provider tag, Ant, even if it "means nothing".

MikePT

Congratulations to all the Providers!

Thank you for this poll, it was really organized.

Cheers